Android Studio is not generating zip aligned apk

Question

I am using Android Studio 1.2.2

My sdk is well updated and build-tools version installed is 22.0.1

Build > Generate Signed Apk

I only get app-release-unaligned.apk in (app/build/outputs/apk/)

I have already googled and tried:

Copy Pasting "zipalign.exe" from build-tools folder to : (i) sdk/tools/ (ii) sdk/platform-tools/
Adding "zipAlignEnabled true" under buildTypes in build.gradle
Gradle zipAlign task not working?

Please help solve this issue, I want to zipalign using Android Studio.

This is my first app i am trying to publish !!!

score 33 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 01 '15 at 02:07

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It is pretty easy to generate the signed apk file with Android Studio.

Here are the steps:

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answered Jul 01 '15 at 02:07

yushulx

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I had te same issue. The aligned apk is generated on app/ folder, not in output/ folder. – DragonT Nov 25 '15 at 12:39
The confusion is, there are two .apks generated one is not aligned another is (in a different folder as pictured). – halxinate Feb 24 '16 at 01:45
@yushulx Not so straight-forward with me. I do not see that icon or the `apk` upfront as you've shown. Did not create the project from scratch in `AndroidStudio`, had to import it from `Eclipse` - could that be why? I will continue looking, but if you know off-hand where this zipaligned `apk` is in my scenario, please reply. Thanks! – Narayana J Mar 29 '16 at 16:08
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Doesn't work, app-release.apk is still not zip-aligned – gegobyte Jul 11 '16 at 14:38

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 08 '17 at 03:42

You probably are generating it, but the release .apk file is placed in a different directory from the other .apk files.

On my system, for an app called TheApp, .apk files are usually placed in the build/outputs/apk directory:

TheApp/build/outputs/apk/TheApp-debug.apk
TheApp/build/outputs/apk/TheApp-debug-unaligned.apk
TheApp/build/outputs/apk/TheApp-release-unaligned.apk

but the aligned release .apk file is placed directly in the app's root directory :

TheApp/TheApp-release.apk

(This was already answered by @yushulx but I hope this shorter answer is clearer).

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